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Vinci is paying about 2.9 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) for a majority stake in Gatwick, adding the second busiest airport in Britain to its portfolio despite the shadow of Brexit. Expected to close by June next year, the deal to acquire a 50.01 percent stake would make Gatwick the single largest asset in Vinci’s airport network, which would grow to 46 ...

Inter Milan will play two home league games behind closed doors following the alleged racist abuse of Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly on Wednesday. The Italian side will also play a third match at the San Siro without opening the ‘curva’ section of the ground, popular with fans known as ‘ultras’. Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti said he asked for the match ...

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists the Red Devils are sixth in the Premier League because they do not deserve to be any higher and has highlighted three key reasons for their struggles so far this term. Solskjaer has led United to back-to-back wins over former club Cardiff and Huddersfield since taking over from Jose Mourinho last week and ...

Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has said long-delayed polls will happen on Sunday – even as uncertainty remains over how prepared the vast country is to hold the vote. The presidential elections, which were first scheduled to take place in 2016, have been repeatedly postponed over the past two years, angering opposition supporters ...

Serie A could be suspended after an Inter Milan supporter died following a fight with Napoli fans in which four people were stabbed. The 35-year-old Inter fan is believed to have been rushed to hospital after being hit by a van which, according to reports in Italy, was being driven by Napoli fans an hour before kick-off at the San ...

Iraq has made Christmas Day a national holiday, its government confirmed this morning. Previously, Christmas Day had been designated as a religious break only for the Iraqi Christian community, but the amendment extends the holiday to everyone. ‘Happy Christmas to our Christian citizens, all Iraqis and to all who are celebrating around the world,’ the Iraqi government wrote on Twitter. ...

Microsoft is trying to make it even easier to use its Office apps. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced its new Office app for Windows 10. The app will act as a central hub for all your Microsoft Office needs, replacing the current My Office app. Open it up and you’ll get access to all the Microsoft Office productivity apps at the top of the window, making it easy ...

After a nine-month hiatus, Uber says, its autonomous vehicles are now safer. Uber took its self-driving cars off the road last March, after a fatal accident, the first known pedestrian death caused by a vehicle in full autonomous mode. After that, Uber’s self-driving program fell under the scrutiny of local police, lawmakers and federal investigators. Now the company says it’s ready to put its self-driving fleet back ...

Facebook is building a cryptocurrency designed to make it easier to transfer money on WhatsApp, according to Bloomberg. The currency will reportedly be focused on India and allowing Indian workers abroad to send money back home, something that other Bitcoin startups have already been working to solve given the difficult and expensive process for international transfers. Facebook has been looking to develop its own ...

ARSENAL star Mesut Ozil is happy in London amid reports Unai Emery wants to offload him in the January transfer market. Arsenal star Ozil has been tipped to leave the club on loan in January amid his struggles under Emery. Emery has regularly dropped the Germany international this season, making a decision that Arsene Wenger was always reluctant to make. As ...